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When I am singing, I believe that if I respect the public, then they will respect me, and I know it. It's noticeable.

I have simply said that there's just a side of me that could not judge anybody singing. It's not who I am. I don't want to be that person.

Whatever else has been said about me personally is unimportant. When I sing, I believe. I'm honest.

What I say is from my heart. You must be sincere. So when I sing a song, people are supposed to feel it.

When I sing, I pick out people in the audience and pinpoint on them. So if you feel that I am singing just for you, you may be right!

Performers like to perform, and there's certainly no disgrace in entertaining people, in giving pleasure, you hope, through your singing. My work defines who I am.

My only description for me is that there's no throwaway people. That's the creed that I live by. It doesn't matter if I'm singing or not. That's the kind of person that my father and mother wanted me to be. The end obligation is to make people feel good about who they are.

You've got a song you're singing from your gut, you want that audience to feel it in their gut. And you've got to make them think that you're one of them sitting out there with them too. They've got to be able to relate to what you're doing.

I'm not a singer. I've sung in character, but it's just not my thing.